“If you’re doing the stuff, stop it,” said James Baldwin, victim’s father. “And if you haven’t done it, don’t. That’s all I can say about bath salts. It’s bad. It killed my boy.”

Police are also concerned with how easy it is to get bath salts. In fact we walked right into a smoke specialty shop in Fells Point that’s selling it for $35 a pack. WJZ found it even cheaper on the web and widely available.

State health leaders say the drug is still new to Maryland, but it’s catching on fast.

Nationally, no exposures to the drug were found in 2009. Last year, there were 302 cases. So far this year, more than 2,200 have been reported.

For now the ingredients used to make bath salts are legal. Many are pushing to change that.

“It’s a big deal,” said Thomas Morris, of New Market. “Government needs to move on this fast so it’s against the law.”

The man who rented the storage unit has not been arrested. Court documents show the seizure is part of an investigation across Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Bath salt chemicals have been banned in several states, including West Virginia, Florida and Louisiana.